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Detailed Information

Country	Country: China
GDP per capita	4.222
Context details	Senior high schools in Ningshan county, a nationally-designated poor county where per capita income was $500 in 2009
Age	Grade 7

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2009
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	9
Cost	Tuition for senior high schools in 2010 was 1500 yuan per year
Intervention details	Annual tuition fee relief of $241 for 3 years for the top 500 students in the entrance examination to senior high school

Evaluation design	Differences-in-differences
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Grade 8	Math	Researchers design	2	2742	Coeff: 19.00; SE: 6.35; SD: 100.00

Study	Chen, Xinxin, Yaojiang Shi, Di Mo, James Chu, Prashant Loyalka, and Scott Rozelle. "Impact of a senior high school tuition relief program on poor junior high school students in rural China." China & World Economy 21, no. 3 (2013): 80-97.